Operational Update

14th January 2009

                       Gold Oil Plc (AIM: GOO)
                    ("Gold Oil" or the "Company")
                         Operational Update

Gold Oil is pleased to announce that it was informed today that on
the 26th December 2008 Union Temporal received the final approval for
the Environmental Impact Assessment for the re-entry and work-over of
three Burdine wells. Union Temporal is the owner and Operator of the
Nancy, Burdine and Maxine oil fields located in the Putumayo Basin in
the South of Colombia, in which the Company owns a 58.05% interest.
All equipment necessary for the re-entries and possible work-overs
has been purchased and the only remaining requirements are a low cost
access road and a wire-line unit.

There has been a general strike in the Putumayo Basin area since
before Christmas and the Company is pleased to announce that on
January the 6th normal operations have resumed with the Nancy 1 well
back in production again with at a production rate of 321 bopd.

Now that the Christmas holiday in Colombia is over the Company
expects to start testing the Rosa Blanca-1 well later this week.

Gary  Moore,  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  Gold  Oil,  said,   "The
Environmental approval for the Burdine wells is the culmination of  a
project that was  started nearly  three years  ago, and  has taken  a
great deal  of time  and effort  by Union  Temporal to  achieve  this
approval in a very environmentally sensitive area"

The technical  information contained  in this  announcement has  been
reviewed and approved by the Chairman of the board, Michael Burchell,
B.Sc., 68, member of the SPE and with over 46 years experience in the
oil and gas business.

For further information on the Company, visit: www.goldoilplc.com  or
contact:


Michael Burchell  Chairman                 Tel: [phone]
Roland Cornish    Beaumont Cornish Limited Tel: [phone]
Daniel Fox Davies Fox Davies Capital       Tel  [phone]



Notes to Editors

Gold Oil  is an  AIM-listed oil  and gas  exploration and  production
company primarily focused on opportunities in Latin America.  It  has
oil production in  Colombia and significant  exploration acreage  and
licences in onshore Colombia and both onshore and offshore Peru.

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